–Amna Ally says; calls on party members to challenge leader’s actions
THE very fabric of democracy within the People’s National Congress-Reform (PNC-R) is being trampled upon by the current leader, Aubrey Norton, according to former PNC-R General Secretary, Amna Ally.

Labelling the party’s state under Norton as a “cake shop,” Ally along with several other Opposition members have hammered the current leadership for its attempts to suppress dissenting voices.
Although the party attempted to cover up the division that was ongoing behind closed doors, the mud-slinging had increased when PNC-R member, Roysdale Forde, SC, launched his internal campaign.

With claims of persons being sidelined for supporting anyone except Norton, Ally, in a statement on Sunday evening, related that despite the attacks that are being throw at her, she will continue to speak out against the incumbent leader.
The infighting and drama within the party has been on display for the public to see even though Forde simply announced his intention to contest.

While the current PNC-R leader has stated that the party is democratic, it is clear as day that others do not share these sentiments, and instead are hell-bent on exposing the party’s leadership for acting contrary to what is being preached.

Ally, while acknowledging Holder’s statements toward her, said: “I am confident party members and supporters are too wise to be misled. I feel pity for my young comrade and I’m personally ashamed that he has allowed himself to be a conveyor of misinformation and disinformation desperately hoping that I will or can be silenced; that party members would readily believe him and not me. Himself and whoever he serves can sit and wait.”

Further, she said that “the truth” is what is driving her to not throw her support behind Norton, and underscored that she remains fixed on not “lifting a finger” under his leadership.
“Aubrey Norton’s style of leadership is undemocratic.

He has demonstrated a lack of accountability in the party by undermining and destroying various party structures and practices by which he can be held accountable…,” the party stalwart stated.
She added: “We must ask Aubrey Norton what entitles him to run the PNCR like his personal pig farm or cake shop.”

Ally said too that she cannot sit quietly and watch Norton “weaken and destroy” the party.
“The PNC is not Norton’s party. It’s not and never was a one race party, and I will always be ready and willing to serve. I am just not prepared to ignore atrocities in government or in my party,” she said.